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to the health services they need to stay in their own homes and avoid entry into a nursing facility. • MS Activists responded to action alerts by emailing and calling their representatives to encourage them to approve the funding. At the time the funding was being considered, there were more than 25,000 Louisianans, many living with MS, on the waiting list, but our coalition was successful in securing the funding for an additional 500 slots in the program. Louisiana Honors 2011 Legislative Champions at Reception Hosted by Ochsner Health System During MS Awareness Week • Former State Senator Joel Chaisson and former State Representative Juan LaFonta were presented with the 2011 National MS Society Legislative Champion Award
MS Activism volunteers Tonya Lied (left) and Kathy Lied (middle), along with National MS Society Staff Crystal Smith (right), met with Congressman Rodney Alexander. for their work in the passage of the continuity of prescription drug legislation in the Louisiana Legislature in 2011. To learn more about MS advocacy efforts, including information on local, state and federal priorities and opportunities, please visit www.nationalmssociety.org/
MS Activists Shannon Brooks, Erin Hulin, Megan Bel, Crystal Smith, Liz Taylor and Jimmy Fahrenholtz met with Megan Bel, Legislative Director for Congressman Scalise.
Former Senate President Senator Joel Chaisson, Crystal Smith, and Former Representative Juan LaFonta at the Legislative Champions Reception. TOLL FREE NUMBER 1 800 344 4867
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